Ayesha

“Scientists have found that of 106 factors that influence depression, having someone to confide in is the strongest preventor. The impact of loneliness on our mortality is akin to smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. One study found the most pronounced difference between happy and unhappy people was not how attractive or religious they were or how many good things happened to them. It was their level of social connection.”
― Marisa G. Franco, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

“Books never tire of me. And in time they present a solution, quietly waiting until I am fully healed. That’s one of the nicest things about books.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

“He’s a golden boy. I’m a girl whose life has been drawn in shades of gray.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“remember that it was a privilege to have self-actualization crises instead of self-preservation ones, I could ground myself again. It was a miracle my family had even made it to America.”
― Susan Lieu, The Manicurist's Daughter